How restorative justice ‘works’: psychological changes expected and experienced by victims who communicate with offenders

Thesis

There is evidence that some victims benefit from communication with offenders, at least some of the time, but little is known about how these benefits occur. Many have theorised about the mechanisms by which restorative justice produces outcomes for victims, but few have empirically tested these theories. This thesis proposes five main types of psychological change generated for victims by a specific restorative justice practice (communication with the offender), which in turn lead to sati...

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Authors: Batchelor, D

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Perceptions of justice; Crime; Restorative Justice; Victims of crime; Justice; Victim
• Subjects: Criminology; Victimology; Psychology; Social Psychology